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as my right honorable friend the secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs said, this is predominantly an issue of food safety, food labeling and truth telling to consumers, but we need to do everything we can to get on top of it. >> the prime minister wants to repatriate regional policy. as a sign of his good intentions, will he guarantee to make up in full any shortfall in cohesion funding for west wales and the valleys? >> overall, the amount of structural funds that will be coming to the united kingdom at around 11 billion euros is a small reduction, but broadly the same -- maybe 2% less. we then have to decide how that money is fairly divided up between the different regions. of course, west wales is one of the less developed regions so should benefit from that. we will be making final determinations about how the money is divided up when we know more about the overall figures and the proposal has been passed by the european parliament. >> may i warmly congratulate the prime minister on being more skeptical than the skeptics and delivering an even better deal than
as my right honorable friend the secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs said, this is predominantly an issue of food safety, food labeling and truth telling to consumers, but we need to do everything we can to get on top of it. >> the prime minister wants to repatriate regional policy. as a sign of his good intentions, will he guarantee to make up in full any shortfall in cohesion funding for west wales and the valleys? >> overall, the amount of structural funds...
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the values with which she pursued her passion for a clean environment, for sustainable environment were ones vermonters know well. she was relentless, she was tenacious, she was tireless and she was kind. and she was very effective. as joan's friends have noted, she would have been uncomfortable with all the tributes that have been paid to her but she'll have to give us a pass on this one because she certainly lived a life worthy of praise and honor. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from missouri seek recognition? without objection, the gentlelady from missouri is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, every day hardworking families and small business owners from the second district of missouri create budgets, set priorities and live within their means. yet president obama and the senate democrats keep writing blank checks on the backs of our children and our grandchildren. yesterday marks the fourth time in the last five years that president obama has missed his deadline to submit a budget
the values with which she pursued her passion for a clean environment, for sustainable environment were ones vermonters know well. she was relentless, she was tenacious, she was tireless and she was kind. and she was very effective. as joan's friends have noted, she would have been uncomfortable with all the tributes that have been paid to her but she'll have to give us a pass on this one because she certainly lived a life worthy of praise and honor. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the...
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have you had conversations with the environment committee? >> in terms of the program itself, i think it was pretty clear when it was established that it was not intended to be something that was in place forever. if something has demonstrated limited use and it is really not an initiative that is technology neutral, why not shelve it? it is not that i have any kind of philosophical objection to new technology for vehicles. but should we decide that it is going to be electric vehicles that are really going to be the chosen vehicle by the congrss here? -- congress here? why not allow it to be more of a jump ball here? electric? natural gas? some other alternative? once again, when we make that directive, by definition, it puts other technologies, if not on the outs, perhaps not on a competitive edge. i think it makes sense. i have had conversations with the epw committee, i have not as of yet. >> have you asked others on the committee to join you? why or why not? how do you hope to get the attention of the leaders of the floor with immigration
have you had conversations with the environment committee? >> in terms of the program itself, i think it was pretty clear when it was established that it was not intended to be something that was in place forever. if something has demonstrated limited use and it is really not an initiative that is technology neutral, why not shelve it? it is not that i have any kind of philosophical objection to new technology for vehicles. but should we decide that it is going to be electric vehicles...
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as i said going forward, we intend to adapt to the security environment, to ensure we are better position and support the department of state in securing our facilities around the world. but in order to be able to effectively protect the american people and our interests abroad, at a time of instability we must have an agile and ready force able to quickly respond. and above all, and forgive me for being repetitious, we have got to end the cloud of budget uncertainty that hangs over the department of defense and the entire u.s. government. i've got to use this opportunity to express, again, my greatest concern as secretary. frankly, one of the most greatest security risks we are facing as a nation, that this budget uncertainty could prompt the most significant readiness -- military readiness crisis in more than a decade. the department of defense faces the prospect of sequestration on march 1. if congress fails to act, sequestration is triggered. and if we also must operate under a year-long continuing resolution, we will be faced with having to take about $46 billion-plus out of the defe
as i said going forward, we intend to adapt to the security environment, to ensure we are better position and support the department of state in securing our facilities around the world. but in order to be able to effectively protect the american people and our interests abroad, at a time of instability we must have an agile and ready force able to quickly respond. and above all, and forgive me for being repetitious, we have got to end the cloud of budget uncertainty that hangs over the...
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if you don't have a safe environment, you don't expect them to learn. it really should be that these schools have an incentive to go after and compete for the kids, not the other way around. there shouldn't be any monopoly here. there is a lot of controversy around this in terms of teachers' unions and the rest. we are talking about the lives of these kids and we have to save these kids and the proposals we are going to be about are aimed directly like that, families like joseph kelly 's and kids in the rural areas. >> we are hearing about republican governors and senators and house members about what's most important for the republicans as they go forward. for the average american trying to figure out where the republican party is headed now after the election, who should the public be listening to? who really speaks for the republican party at this point? >> i would differ a little bit. the average american is not thinking about and trying to wonder about where the republican party is. they are thinking about how to make their life work, which is exac
if you don't have a safe environment, you don't expect them to learn. it really should be that these schools have an incentive to go after and compete for the kids, not the other way around. there shouldn't be any monopoly here. there is a lot of controversy around this in terms of teachers' unions and the rest. we are talking about the lives of these kids and we have to save these kids and the proposals we are going to be about are aimed directly like that, families like joseph kelly 's and...
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when i think of the current political environment, i cannot help but share a story that another jesuit educated member of congress and a fellow italian that i had the honor to serve with, a guy named silvio conte from massachusetts, told during the time we were involved in budget negotiations, this was during the reagan administration. republicans, democrats came together with the leadership of the administration -- reagan administration. we sat in a room in the capitol working day in, day out. everything was on the table. we had defense on the table. we had disdiscretionary on the table. we had entitlements on the table and we had revenues on the table. everybody -- everything. and we were working through it trying to develop a package. leadership made very clear that we had to get this done. every time we thought we were close, somebody would stand up, walk out of the room, didn't like what was happening and, you know, it got tough. and at one meeting where somebody just got up, we thought we were close to getting a deal. it was a senator from florida that got up and said, i can't su
when i think of the current political environment, i cannot help but share a story that another jesuit educated member of congress and a fellow italian that i had the honor to serve with, a guy named silvio conte from massachusetts, told during the time we were involved in budget negotiations, this was during the reagan administration. republicans, democrats came together with the leadership of the administration -- reagan administration. we sat in a room in the capitol working day in, day out....
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do you believe that the tax and deficit debate is harmful to the business environment now? >> the uncertainty is back. the amount of -- the uncertainty is bad. you go from the fiscal cliff to the deficit debate to sequestration. that is inherently disruptive to business investment. certainty is a good multiplier. we are these long cycle businesses that have global competition. i do not have the lecture he to say that i will quit investing for six months until this is resolved. i will keep going. the people who can hurt the worst by all of this are the small and medium businesses. the people that have no buffer. that get confused. these are the people that are the heart of the u.s. economy. they are the ones that are constantly being bombarded as we go from one to another. this can only be solved here. this is one of the few cases where the business roundtable of people speak with one voice. it would be great to get a resolution. >> there is a divide in the corporate side on the corporate tax front. large companies would benefit more from corporate tax reform, especially goi
do you believe that the tax and deficit debate is harmful to the business environment now? >> the uncertainty is back. the amount of -- the uncertainty is bad. you go from the fiscal cliff to the deficit debate to sequestration. that is inherently disruptive to business investment. certainty is a good multiplier. we are these long cycle businesses that have global competition. i do not have the lecture he to say that i will quit investing for six months until this is resolved. i will keep...